Lo and behold, the first release of the game. It is very very alpha, but still a working game. I invite you to download it and give it a try! I am happy with any and all kinds of feedback. Just write a reply in the comments.
I will emphasize that I am interested in all kinds of feedback. If the download did not work, or Java gave problems, please let me know. At this stage everything is good info even if it does not regard the game itself.
Now the game is a Java game, and as such requires Java to run. So there are two download options:
1. You have Java installed on your computer.
Download the game from Google Drive, no login required. (~650 KB)
The game can be downloaded as an executable jar file. Double clicking on the jar file should start the game.
2. Option 1 does not work (Windows only).
Download the game + java from Google Drive, no login required. (~30 MB)
The game can be downloaded as a zip file that contains both the game and a private Java runtime. No installation is required, just unzip it somewhere and double click the “darkmines.exe” file.
Note that button to download the file can be a bit hard to spot on Google Drive. See the screenshot below.
Legal stuff:
The software is distributed under the Beerware license which I think is funny. The software does contain code from JGame (by Boris van Schooten) which uses a BSD license. The full license text can be downloaded here. Basically it just says that you use it at your own risk and are not allowed to steal the JGame code.
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